Reach for the stars with PCC’s latest Carnegie lecture

Share: The inky night sky was slightly overcast, making it difficult to see the dancing stars up above. Still, PCC students were able to locate Jupiter via telescope, and everyone oohed and aahed as they took turns viewing it through the glassy lens. This was the after-party of the lecture “Dancing in the Night Sky – a Journey of Helium Stars”, happening at PCC’s observatory.  Ylva Götberg is a NASA Hubble postdoctoral fellow at the Carnegie Observatories who spoke elegantly on helium stars. She explained …